rock & roll isn’t rock & roll anymore.
you’re right, there’s no more rock & roll. it’s an imitation, we can forget about that. rock & roll has turned itself inside out. i never did do rock & roll, i’m just doing the same old thing i’ve always done.
you’ve never sung a rock & roll song?
no, i never have. only in spirit.
you can’t really dance to one your songs.
i couldn’t.
imagine dancing to “Rain Day Woman #12 & 35.” it’s kind of alienating. everyone thought it was about being stoned, but i always though it was about being alone.
so did i. you could write about that for years…. rock & roll ended with Phil Spector. The Beatles weren’t rock & roll either. nor the Rolling Stones. rock & roll ended with Little Anthony and the Imperials. pure rock & roll.
with “Going Out of My Head”?
the one before that. rock & roll ended in 1959.

excerpt fom Bob Dylan interview by Jonathan Cotti, rolling stone 1978.

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